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wise. Recorded from a number of coast localities, south to San Diego (Baird, 
Pac. R. R. Rep., 1x, 1858, p. 791; Willett, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 25). 
The only interior record station is Stockton (Belding, Proce. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1, 
1879, p 446). 
86 (149) Marila affinis (Eyton) 
Lesser Scaup Duck | 
Synonyms—A ythya affinis; Fulix affinis; Fuligula affinis; Fuligula mari- 
loides; Little Black-head ; Blue-bill. 
Status—Common transient and winter visitant, chiefly in the interior. 
Coastwise records appear to be autumnal as a rule; records from the interior 
valleys mostly in spring. Abundant at times in winter on Tomales Bay (J. and 
J. W. Maillard, MS). Noted casually in June at Santa Barbara (Torrey, Con- 
dor, x11, 1910, p. 204). 
87 (150) Marila collaris (Donovan) 
RING-NECKED Duck 
Synonyms—A ythya collaris; Fulix collaris; Fuligula collaris. 
Status—Now rather uncommon as a winter visitant; formerly fairly com- 
mon; some fourteen records, the southernmost stations being Riverside (speci- 
men in Mus. Vert. Zool., taken January 2, 1895), Yermo, Mohave Desert, March 
10 (Lamb, Condor, xv, 1912, p. 34), and San Diego (Belding, MS). Recorded 
once as breeding: Eagle Lake, Lassen County (Sheldon, Condor, rx, 1907, p. 187). 
88 (151) Clangula clangula americana Bonaparte 
AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE 
Synonyms—Bucephala americana; Clangula americana; Bucephala clan- 
gula; Clangula glaucion americana; Glaucionetta clangula americana; Bucephala 
clangula var. americana; Whistler ; Whistle-wing. 
Status—Fairly common winter visitant both on the coastal bays and 
marshes, and in suitable places throughout the interior; many records. Less 
numerous in the San Diegan district than in west-central California. 
89 (152) Clangula islandica (Gmelin) 
Barrow GOLDEN-EYE 
Synonyms—Bucephala islandica; Glaucionetta islandica. 
Status—Rare winter visitant; recorded only from the central parts of the 
state: Specimens procured in San Francisco markets (Henshaw, Rep. Wheeler 
Surv., 1876, p. 274) ; San Francisco Bay (Kobbe, Bailey’s Handbook Bds., 1902, 
p. xlix) ; San Francisco Bay near Redwood City (Littlejohn, Condor, xtv, 1912, 
p. 41) ; Marin County shore of San Francisco Bay in early spring (J. Mailliard, 
Condor, v1, 1904, p. 15) ; Gridley, Butte County (Belding, MS) ; Stege, Contra 
Costa County (female, no. 6393, Mus. Vert. Zool.). 
